William Shakespeare Quotes about Flattery
'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606-7) act 2, sc. 6, l. [88]
What drink'st thou oft, instead of homage sweet, But poisoned flattery?
William Shakespeare, Andrew Gurr (2005). “King Henry V”, p.167, Cambridge University Press
He does me double wrong That wounds me with the flatteries of his tongue.
William Shakespeare, Charles R. Forker (2002). “King Richard II: Third Series”, p.335, Cengage Learning EMEA
But here's the joy: my friend and I are one, Sweet flattery!
William Shakespeare (1864). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.1036
O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!
William Shakespeare (1853). “The wisdom and genius of Shakspeare: comprising moral philosophy, delineations of character [&c.] with notes and scriptural references [compiled] by T. Price”, p.132
No visor does become black villainy so well as soft and tender flattery.
William Shakespeare, Isaac Reed, Samuel Johnson (1822). “Romeo and Juliet. Comedy of errors. Titus Andronicus. Pericles”, p.350
They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.
'King Lear' (1605-6) act 4, sc. 6, l. [107]
William Shakespeare (1833). “The plays and poems of William Shakspeare”, p.25